As Executive Director, Dr. Yaro Fong-Olivares leads the CWB's mission-driven work to leverage industry expertise and academia to advance women's leadership in business from the classroom to the boardroom. She partners with the staff and CWB's stakeholder community to develop and deliver programs informed by research and best practices. She serves as a subject matter expert on leadership development for women and gender-variant folks and brings an intersectional feminist lens to the content the CWB produces. Dr. Fong-Olivares works with the program management and facilitation teams to optimize sales, corporate partner engagement, and content delivery. In addition, Yaro works within the Bentley community of students, faculty, administrators, and university centers to maintain and foster collaborative university-wide relationships that achieve Bentley's commitment to community partnerships, its mission, and core values.

A sought-after speaker and facilitator, Dr. Fong-Olivares has extensive experience in organizational development and management, including facilitating racial equity initiatives, diversity, and inclusion, strategy development, leadership coaching, and change management. Yaro leads Bentley Executive Education’s DEI Champions Certificate and supports the development of the new program, Strategies for Emerging Leaders.
 
Dr. Fong-Olivares earned her Doctorate of Psychology (PsyD) at William James, holds an M.S. in Organizational Change Management from The New School, a B.A. in Sociology from Barnard College, and Clark Wilson’s 360 feedback Task Cycle Survey Certification. Yaro serves as Past-President of the Executive Committee of the New York Center for the Study of Groups, Organizations and Social Systems, and is a certified consultant and member of the A.K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems.

Nyacko Pearl Perry is an experienced executive coach and organizational development consultant with expertise in equity-based systemization, people development, and financial sustainability. With a passion for facilitating Equity Diversity Inclusion-based practices, She helps small businesses, community organizations, and corporations foster equitable and sustainable systems through coaching for executives, teams, and entrepreneurs.

As a growth strategist, Nyacko is committed to developing innovative frameworks that enhance structural growth while centering employee experiences. Nyacko is skilled in team building, change management, policy change, data-driven decision-making, conflict resolution, and networking.

Nyacko holds a master's in Organization Development from American University and is a Certified Coach. She is the co-founder and Organization Development Partner at Comfort Kitchen. This James Beard Award-nominated café/restaurant celebrates the African diaspora through global comfort foods connecting Asia to the Americas.

Sue is an experienced leader in the finance industry with extensive experience in high-level management. Most recently, she served as the president of Wellington Funds Group and a partner of Wellington Management Company, LLP, one of the world’s largest independent investment firms servicing clients in over 60 countries. Having joined the organization in 1994, Sue progressed through numerous high-level roles including in the firm’s mutual fund client services group and hedge fund business teams. Prior to joining Wellington, Sue was a senior consultant with Peterson Consulting. Sue holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Bentley University and is a chartered financial analyst. She has served on the board since 2013.